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Bowery Gallery Founding Members 1969 Show

First group exhibition of founding members of the Bowery Gallery in New York City in over 30 years
Opening Reception on November 8, 2014 from 6-8pm

Panel Talk on the Founding of the Bowery Gallery from 4:30-6pm (before the opening)

Bowery Gallery Founding Members 1969 is a retrospective group exhibition that celebrates both the creation of one of the earliest co-operative galleries on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1969 and the spirit of an emerging figurative art movement that existed at that time and place.

A group of young artists who shared an interest in figurative art and a passion for keeping representational painting alive started the Bowery Gallery on October 31st, 1969. It was a gallery of artists for artists. This exhibition will feature artwork from 19 of the 23 founding members. Their work includes paintings, sculpture, watercolors and drawings from the late 1960s to the present day in order to demonstrate the formative influence those early years had on these artists’ development.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Nancy Beal, John Bradford, Lynda Caspe, Nicholas Colao, Michael Crespo, Lawrence Faden, Charlotte Bunting Floyd, Barbara Grossman, Howard Kalish, Bette Lang, Eugene Maiese, Frank McCall, Anthony Santuoso, Tony Siani, Jack Silberman, Frank Smullin, Bill Sullivan, Sam Thurston and Richard Uhlich.

About the Westbeth Gallery: The Westbeth Gallery is a nonprofit gallery operating on the first floor of the Westbeth Artists Housing. It exhibits work of resident artists and independently curated exhibitions.

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General Information: Westbeth Art Gallery, 55 Bethune Street at Washington Street, New York, NY 10014, www.westbeth.org, email: westbethg@gmail,com

Westbeth Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday: 1-6pm; Closed Monday, Tuesday

Contact: Anthony Santuoso Tel: 212-529-0894 or antsan@juno.com

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Photos from here and there. Mostly there.
Opening soon!

Aunt and Niece in Market, Tehran, Iran

Avenida Corrales, Havana , Cuba

Boy Repairing Shoes, Isfahan, Iran

THE MUTATION SHOW A Film Screening

A film screening of the 1973 Open Theater production, directed by Joe Chaikin

Performance by The Open Theater, directed by Joseph Chaikin, a fluid montage of scenes, ideas and personalities, mostly created by the actors themselves in rehearsal, called “the mutation show.” With Joseph Chaikin, Raymond Barry, Shami Chaikin, Tina Shepard, Paul Zimet, Ellen Maddow, Tom Lillard, Jo Ann Schidman, presenting such characters as the tinker, the petrified man, the bird lady, the man who smiles, and the man who hits himself, a boy in a box, the animal girl, the ringmaster. Often the “language” is sound without dialogue. Often the “plot” refers to primal processes like learning to walk, learning civilization. At the conclusion each actor introduces himself/herself and gives background, biography, description of family, hair, eyes, etc. Each actor holds an early picture of himself. 1973.”